"Four-day week A four-day week is an arrangement where a workplace or school has its employees or students work or attend school over the course of four days rather than the more customary five. This arrangement can be a part of flexible working hours, and is sometimes used to cut costs, as seen in the example of the so-called ""4/10 work week,"" where employees work a normal 40 hours across four days, i.e. a ""four-ten"" week. In 2008, employees of the Utah state government all began working ten-hour days from Monday to Thursday. By closing state government offices on Fridays,"
"Puente (holiday) A puente (Spanish for bridge) is a holiday in Spain, it is the day off to bridge the time between the weekend and a holiday, thereby creating a long weekend. A puente typically occurs when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, workers will then take the Monday or Friday as a puente, a day off. Some businesses will close down altogether. In 2012, the Spanish government led by Mariano Rajoy, as it was faced with the eurozone crisis, initiated measures to move public holidays to Mondays and Fridays. The aim of the measure was to avoid"
"or rose hip jam (though others are commonly used) and topped with powdered sugar, icing, or glaze. In Spain this celebration is called ""jueves lardero"", and in Catalan-speaking areas, ""dijous gras"", a children's holiday. In Albacete in central Spain, ""jueves lardero"" is celebrated with a square pastry called a ""bizcocho"" (see also Bizcocho) and a round pastry called a ""mona"". In Aragon a meal is prepared with a special from Graus while in Catalonia the tradition is to eat sweet Bunyols and . In Sweden this celebration is called ""Fettisdagen"" (""The Fat Tuesday"") is the Swedish name for the Tuesday"
"highlighted Catholic dates, as ' (""Ash Wednesday"") or ' (""Resurrection Sunday""), which are always capitalized. In Spanish, abbreviations for the month part are usually three letters long, to avoid confusion between ' (March) and ' (May), and between ' (June) and ' (July). The week runs from Monday to Sunday. In Spanish, there exists a convention for single-letter day names: ' means ' (Monday), ' means ' (Tuesday), ' means ' (Wednesday), ' means ' (Thursday), ' means ' (Friday), ' means ' (Saturday) and means """" (Sunday). Basically, the initial letter of the weekday name, except for Wednesday which"
"puentes. Gayle Allard, an economist at IE Business School has said that the measure can improve productivity. The Spanish Catholic Church opposed the measure, which would shuffle the day of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Puente (holiday) A puente (Spanish for bridge) is a holiday in Spain, it is the day off to bridge the time between the weekend and a holiday, thereby creating a long weekend. A puente typically occurs when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, workers will then take the Monday or Friday as a puente, a day off. Some businesses will close down"
"which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. Sunday uses the Arabic name, which is based on numbering, because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on ""Lord's Day"" for Sunday. As in Spanish, the Ladino name for Saturday is based on ""Sabbath"". However, as a Jewish language—and with Saturday being the actual day of rest in the Jewish community—Ladino directly adapted the Hebrew name, ""Shabbat"". From Latin ""Dominicus (Dominica)"" or Greek Κυριακή (Christian Sabbath) After No Work. In Russian also ""Day After Week(end)"""
"Wednesday Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601 it is the third day of the week. In countries that use the ""Sunday-last"" convention and in the Jewish Hebrew calendar Wednesday is defined as the third day of the week. The name is derived from Old English ""Wōdnesdæg"" and Middle English ""Wednesdei"", ""day of Woden"", reflecting the pre-Christian religion practiced by the Anglo-Saxons, a variation of the Norse god Odin. In other languages, such as the French ""mercredi"" or Italian ""mercoledì"", the day's name is a calque of ""dies Mercurii"" ""day"
"Fiesta Nacional de España The Fiesta Nacional de España (""Festa Nacional d'Espanya"" in Catalan/Valencian/Balearic; ""Festa Nacional de España"" in Galician; ""Espainiako Jai Nazionala"" in Basque) is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first arrival in the Americas, a day also celebrated in other countries. The anniversary of Columbus' landing in the New World on October 12, 1492, is widely celebrated throughout the Americas. It is known as Columbus Day in the United States and as ""Día de la Raza"" in various Latin"
"Tuesday Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. According to some commonly used calendars, however, especially in the United States, it is the third day of the week. The English name is derived from Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and Middle English ""Tewesday,"" meaning ""Tīw's Day"", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, and law and justice in Norse mythology. Tiw was equated with Mars in the interpretatio germanica, and the name of the day is a translation of Latin"
"week are all masculine; in Portuguese, the ""feira"" days are feminine, while ""sábado"" and ""domingo"" are masculine. The form ""Terça-feira"" (< Lat. ) differs in its first component from the usual Portuguese word for 'third', ""terceira"" (< Lat. ). In actual usage, the word ""feira"" is often dropped: Broadly speaking, the grammars of Portuguese and Spanish share many common features. Nevertheless, some differences between them can present hurdles to people acquainted with one and learning the other. Spanish has three forms for the singular definite article, ""el"", masculine, ""la"", feminine, and ""lo"", neuter. The last is used with adjectives to"
"practice of swearing by Jove to witness an oath in law courts is the origin of the expression ""by Jove!""—archaic, but still in use. The name of the god was also adopted as the name of the planet Jupiter; the adjective ""jovial"" originally described those born under the planet of Jupiter (reputed to be jolly, optimistic, and buoyant in temperament). Jove was the original namesake of Latin forms of the weekday now known in English as Thursday (originally called ""Iovis Dies"" in Latin). These became ""jeudi"" in French, ""jueves"" in Spanish, ""joi"" in Romanian, ""giovedì"" in Italian, ""dijous"" in Catalan,"
"Dominica""). One finds similar cognates in French, where the name is ""dimanche"", as well as Romanian (""duminică"") and Spanish and Portuguese (""domingo""). Slavic languages implicitly number Monday as day number one, not two. Russian ""воскресение"" (Sunday) means ""resurrection (of Jesus)"" (that is the day of a week which commemorates it). In Old Russian Sunday was also called ""неделя"" ""free day"" or ""day with no work"", but in the contemporary language this word means ""week"". Hungarian ""péntek"" (Friday) is a Slavic loanword, so the correlation with ""five"" is not evident to Hungarians. Hungarians use ""Vasárnap"" for Sunday, which means ""market day""."
"Mezquitas, Mudarra, Palacios, Palomoque, Pascual, Quirino, Toledo, Trujillo, Valls, Zanata, Zaratan, Zarate, Zaratin, Zegrí, Cegrí, Zorita. Spanish and Portuguese have acquired different words from various Amerindian, African and Asian languages, as in the following examples: Unlike the other Romance languages, modern Portuguese does not use the Roman planetary system for the days Monday through Friday. Instead, the weekdays are numerical, and derived from Ecclesiastical Latin. The word ""feira"" (from Latin ) refers to daily (Roman Catholic) religious celebrations; it is cognate with 'fair' or 'market', as well as with ""férias"" 'vacation' and ""feriado"" 'holiday'. In Spanish, the days of the"
"(December 8) and a weekend plus a movable holiday form a block of five days. In Chile, a ""sandwich"" is a day that falls between two holidays, independently of whether it's a holiday by itself or not. In the latter case, workers may take it off on account on vacation days, an action called ""tomarse el sandwich"" (lit.: ""taking the sandwich""). In formal writings, the term ""interferiado"" is used instead of ""sandwich"". In colloquial contexts, these days, almost always a Monday or a Friday, may be called ""San Lunes"" or ""San Viernes"" (lit.: ""Saint Monday"" and ""Saint Friday"", respectively) as"
"Monday Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the international standard ISO 8601 it is the first day of the week. The name of Monday is derived from Old English ""Mōnandæg"" and Middle English ""Monenday"", originally a translation of Latin ""dies lunae"" ""day of the Moon"". The names of the day of the week were coined in the Roman era, in Greek and Latin, in the case of Monday as ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης, ""diēs Lūnae"" ""day of the Moon"". Most languages use terms either directly derived from these names, or loan-translations based on them. The"
"In Vietnamese, the working days in the week are named as: ""Thứ Hai"" (second day), ""Thứ Ba"" (third day), ""Thứ Tư"" (fourth day), ""Thứ Năm"" (fifth day), ""Thứ Sáu"" (sixth day), ""Thứ Bảy"" (seventh day). Sunday is called ""Chủ Nhật"", a corrupted form of ""Chúa Nhật"" meaning ""Lord's Day"". Some colloquial text in the south of Vietnam and from the church may still use the old form to mean Sunday. In German, Wednesday is called ""Mittwoch"", literally ""mid-week"", implying that weeks run from Sunday to Saturday. In Italian, Sunday is called ""domenica"", which also means ""Lord's Day"" (from Latin ""Dies"
"Las Posadas Las Posadas is a novenario (nine days of religious observance) celebrated chiefly in Latin America, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and by Hispanics in the United States, beginning 16 December and ending 24 December. Las Posadas is celebrated by Latinos and Spaniards and people who appreciate the culture and holiday of the Mexican and Spanish. ""Las Posadas"" is Spanish for ""lodging"", or ""accommodation"", which in this case refers to the inn in the story of the nativity of Jesus. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the ""novena"") during the Christmas season. The"
"Jupiter in the ""interpretatio romana"". Estonians used to gather in holy woods (Hiis) on Thursday evenings, where a bagpipe player sat on a stone and played while people danced and sang until the dawn. In most Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was known as ""Iovis Dies"", ""Jupiter's Day"". In Latin, the genitive or possessive case of Jupiter was ""Iovis""/""Jovis"" and thus in most Romance languages it became the word for Thursday: Italian ""giovedì"", Spanish ""jueves"", French ""jeudi"", Sardinian jòvia, Catalan ""dijous"", Galician"
"holiday is called ""Klämdag"" (Squeeze Day) and a lot of Swedes try to take a vacation day to have a long weekend. In the United Kingdom and some other British Commonwealth countries, and in Ireland, the term is often known as a Bank Holiday weekend, since bank holidays always fall on a Monday. The term for a four-day weekend in some Spanish-speaking countries is ""puente"" (""bridge"") or simply ""fin de semana largo"". In Spain, the bridge becomes a ""puente"" in some years when the anniversary of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 (December 6) and the Blessed Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception"
"to pray the novena of aguinaldos. Las Posadas Las Posadas is a novenario (nine days of religious observance) celebrated chiefly in Latin America, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and by Hispanics in the United States, beginning 16 December and ending 24 December. Las Posadas is celebrated by Latinos and Spaniards and people who appreciate the culture and holiday of the Mexican and Spanish. ""Las Posadas"" is Spanish for ""lodging"", or ""accommodation"", which in this case refers to the inn in the story of the nativity of Jesus. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the"
"Saturday Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. The Romans named Saturday ""Sāturni diēs"" (""Saturn's Day"") no later than the 2nd century for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German ""sater(s)dach"", Middle Dutch ""saterdag"" (Modern Dutch ""zaterdag"") and Old English ""Sætern(es)dæġ"" and ""Sæterdæġ"". The day was also referred to as ""Sæternes dæġe"" in an Old English translation of Bede's ""Ecclesiastical History of the English People"". In"
"Friday, but major shops are usually open on Saturdays 9:00am – 6:00pm and on Sundays 12:00pm – 9:00pm, with exceptions. Other countries have different business hour patterns. Many workers in warmer climates observe Siesta during the afternoon, between the hours of 2 pm and 5 pm, effecting a pause in business hours, and resuming business in the evenings. La Siesta is a Spanish language term, which literally translates as a short nap of 15–30 minutes. Business hours usually occur on weekdays. However, the days of the week on which business is conducted also varies from region to region in the"
"Europe and it is especially aligned by the astrological signs of Gemini and Virgo. Wednesday is one of the only three days aside from Neptune and Pluto to be associated by another planet, which is Uranus. Wednesday Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601 it is the third day of the week. In countries that use the ""Sunday-last"" convention and in the Jewish Hebrew calendar Wednesday is defined as the third day of the week. The name is derived from Old English ""Wōdnesdæg"" and Middle English ""Wednesdei"", ""day of Woden"","
"as ""Navidad"", lasts from Christmas Eve referred to as ""Nochebuena"" or ""the Good Night."" on December 24 to Epiphany on January 6. Many homes and most churches display a Nativity scene, a Christmas tree, or both. The ""pesebre"" (nativity scene) is present in many homes, schools and stores. On the 26th, ""Sant Esteve"" (Saint Stephen) is celebrated with a family gathering. A large family dinner is celebrated on Christmas Eve (Nochebuena) and can last until 6 o'clock in the morning. There is a wide variety of typical foods one might find on plates across Spain on this particular night, and"
"other in Spanish by Servando Teresa de Mier date the original apparition and native celebration on September 8 of the Julian calendar, but it is also noted that the Spaniards celebrate it on December 12 instead. With the help of the ""Informaciones Jurídicas de 1666"", a Catholic feast day in name of Our Lady of Guadalupe was requested and approved, as well as the transfer of the date of the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe from September 8 to December 12, the latest date on which the Virgin supposedly appeared to Juan Diego. The initiative to perform them was"
"language uses the same terminology as ecclesiastical Latin for the days of the week, calling the days from Monday to Friday ""segunda-feira"", ""terça-feira"", etc., and calling Sunday and Saturday ""domingo"" and ""sabado"" (see Numbered days of the week). The Roman Rite no longer distinguishes different classes of ferias (weekdays) as in the 1960 Code of Rubrics of Pope John XXIII, but it attributes different positions to them in ranking liturgical days. In the ""Table of Liturgical Days according to their order of precedence"", attached to the ""Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar"", Ash Wednesday and weekdays of"
"Holy Week in Mexico Holy Week in Mexico is an important religious observance as well as important vacation period. It is preceded by several observances such as Lent and Carnival, as well as an observance of a day dedicated to the Virgin of the Sorrows, as well as a mass marking the abandonment of Jesus by the disciples. Holy Week proper begins on Palm Sunday, with the palms used on this day often woven into intricate designs. In many places processions, masses and other observances can happen all week, but are most common on , Good Friday, Holy Saturday and"
"""Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry"", Dan Brown's 2003 novel ""The Da Vinci Code"" and Steve Berry's ""The Templar Legacy"" (2006). In Spanish-speaking countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (""martes trece"") is considered a day of bad luck. The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) an unlucky day. Tuesday is considered dominated by the influence of Ares, the god of war (""Mars"" in Roman mythology). The fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade occurred on Tuesday, April 13, 1204, and the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans happened on Tuesday, 29 May 1453, events that"
"Nochebuena Nochebuena is a Spanish word referring to the night of Christmas Eve and celebrated on December 24 every year. Nochebuena, for Latin American cultures, is often the biggest feast for the Christmas season and is the annual Spanish tradition. Nochebuena (literally ""the Good Night"") is the Spanish word for Christmas Eve. In Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines, the evening consists of a traditional family dinner. Roasted pig, or lechón is often the center of Nochebuena for feasts around the world. It is believed that the tradition dates back to the 15th century when Caribbean colonists hunted down pigs"
"Persian and related languages یکشنبه ""yek-shanbe"", all meaning ""first"". In Greek, the names of the days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (""Δευτέρα"", ""Τρίτη"", ""Τετάρτη"" and ""Πέμπτη"") mean ""second"", ""third"", ""fourth"", and ""fifth"" respectively. This leaves Sunday in the first position of the week count. The current Greek name for Sunday, ""Κυριακή"" (Kyriake), means ""Lord's Day"" coming from the word ""Κύριος"" (Kyrios), which is the Greek word for ""Lord"". Similarly in Portuguese, where the days from Monday to Friday are counted as ""segunda-feira"", ""terça-feira"", ""quarta-feira"", ""quinta-feira"" and ""sexta-feira"", while Sunday itself similar to Greek has the name of ""Lord's Day"" (""domingo"")."
"the Hindu deity Bṛhaspati, also associated with Jupiter. En was an old Illyrian deity and in his honor in the Albanian language Thursday is called ""Enjte"". In the Nahuatl language, Thursday is () meaning ""day of Tezcatlipoca"". In Slavic languages and in Chinese, this day's name is ""fourth"" (Slovak ""štvrtok"", Czech ""čtvrtek"", Slovene ""četrtek"", Croatian and Bosnian ""četvrtak"", Polish ""czwartek"", Russian ""четверг"" ""četverg"", Bulgarian ""четвъртък"", Serbian ""четвртак"", Macedonian ""четврток"", Ukrainian ""четвер"" ""chetver"".). Hungarian uses a Slavic loanword ""csütörtök"". In Chinese, it's 星期四 ""xīngqīsì"" (""fourth solar day""). In ancient Chinese, it is 木曜日. In Estonian it's ""neljapäev"", meaning fourth day or"
"of the week of the Fall of Constantinople) is considered an unlucky day. The same is true in the Spanish-speaking world; it is believed that this is due to the association between Tuesday and Mars, the god of war and therefore related to death. For both Greeks and Spanish-speakers, the 13th of the month is considered unlucky if it falls on Tuesday, instead of Friday. In Judaism, on the other hand, Tuesday is considered a particularly lucky day, because in the first chapter of Genesis the paragraph about this day contains the phrase ""it was good"" twice. In the Thai"
"of everyday speech among natives but difficult to interiorize even by relatively proficient Spanish learners (e.g. I would have liked you to come on Thursday: ""Me habría gustado (conditional perfect) que vinieras (past subjunctive) el jueves."" An example of the subtlety of the Spanish subjunctive is the way the tense (past, present or future) modifies the expression ""be it as it may"" (literally ""be what it be""): The same alterations could be made to the expression ""Sea como sea"" or ""no matter how"" with similar changes in meaning. Spanish has two past subjunctive forms. They are almost identical, except that"